Christian Pritschow - VMware Aria Specialist

Q: Where is Christian based?

Christian is based in Buchen, Germany .

Q: What languages does Christian speak?

Christian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Polish (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Christian have?

Christian has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Christian has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 16 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months . Note that Christian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Christian's latest experience?

Christian's most recent position is VMware Aria Specialist at public authority .

Q: What companies has Christian worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Christian has worked for public authority , telecommunications company , BWI GmbH , EnBW , and 4Group .

Q: Which industries is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Retail , and Banking and Finance . Christian also has some experience in Government and Public Administration , Telecommunication , and Energy .

Q: Which business areas is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Quality Assurance (QA) , and Operations . Christian also has some experience in Project Management .

Q: Which industries has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Government and Public Administration , and Energy .

Q: Which business areas has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Operations , and Quality Assurance (QA) .

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Buchen, Germany

Experience

Dec 2023 - May 2025

1 year 6 months

VMware Aria Specialist

public authority

Creating workflows for server orders with different conditions, requirements, and specifications based on an external order portal (connecting Aria Automation via REST API to BMC ITSM Helix) for separate internal customers / teams / tenants
Mapping workflows for day-2 operations through the front-end portal (snapshots, resizing, disk operations, backups)
Creating test cases and automated tests to validate the code and stability of the entire ordering process
Documenting workflows in Confluence / wiki / Jira
Creating and maintaining blueprints
Integrating Ansible Tower for further VM customizations

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

6 months

VMware vRealize Specialist

telecommunications company

Creating workflows for migrations from NSX-V to NSX-T
Automating relevant operational tasks

Dec 2022 - Apr 2023

5 months

VMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

BWI GmbH

Creating workflows and actions in vRO for self-service portal functionalities with vRA
Using Terraform for IaaS via GitLab Runner

Jun 2022 - Apr 2023

11 months

VMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

EnBW

Planning, setup, and installation of vRealize LCM 8 (vIDM and vRA/vRO)
Integrating vRealize Cloud Services
Creating vCenter templates for Linux and Windows
Integrating templates into blueprints
Integrating NSX into vRA and vCenter
Connecting to infrastructure systems (CMDB, IPAM, backup, DNS)
Creating workflows and actions in vRO to extend vRA functionalities

Aug 2020 - Sep 2022

2 years 2 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

4Group

Planning and setup of a vRealize Automation 8.x environment; integration via vLCM into vCenter 6.x and 7
Creating vCenter templates for Linux and Microsoft OS
Integrating templates into blueprints
Integrating NSX into vRA and vCenter
Connecting to infrastructure systems (CMDB, IPAM, backup, DNS)
Creating workflows and actions in vRO to extend vRA functionalities
Configuration management with Puppet (including fine-tuning Puppet Hiera configurations via a custom PHP API)
Automating post-deployment tasks with Ansible
Validating vendor designs
On-premise cloud based on Dell EMC VxRail

Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

8 months

VMware and Linux Administration

PlusServer AG

Administration of VMware ESXi / vCenter 6.0 – 6.7
Upgrading the infrastructure to VMware 6.5 / 6.7 (depending on hardware)
Maintaining hardware (upgrading firmware levels)
Automating upgrades (including hardware and software)
Automating installations on 6.5 and 6.7 including adjustments

May 2018 - Sep 2019

1 year 5 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

MetroGroup

Automating manual tasks for vRA administration (creating, renaming, and deleting Business Groups, managing AD groups, setting and removing custom properties)
Connecting and integrating external components to manage CMDB data
Creating 2-day actions (Veeam backup and CPU settings)
Bulk importing VMs into vRA (via vRO)

Dec 2017 - Jan 2018

2 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

Otto Group

Automating setup and removal of customer/business groups
Automating scanning and creation of vIDM groups

Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

4 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

GFK SE

Supporting consolidation of multiple data centers and migration into a new one
Migrating workflows and workloads to a new vRealize Orchestrator
Upgrading the vRO and vRA environment
Upgrading the vSphere environment
Providing operational support

Oct 2016 - Jun 2017

9 months

VMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist

Vodafone

Connecting infrastructure systems via application APIs to vRealize Orchestrator (DNS, CMDB, backup, server automation)
Supporting the external development team in implementing workflows for VM lifecycle management via vRealize Automation

Nov 2013 - Aug 2016

2 years 10 months

VMWare Consultant

Fujitsu TDS AG

Upgrade vSphere 4.* + 5.0 -> 6.0
Automation with VMware Orchestrator / vRealize Orchestrator
Server setup and teardown
Technical application installation
Performing basic configurations
Internal delivery management
Customer interaction
Maintenance of IT systems and infrastructure solutions, as well as troubleshooting system issues
Analysis of project-specific customer requirements

Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

10 months

VMWare Consultant

SAP AG

Assisting with LabManager migrations to vCloud Director
Support in planning, implementation, maintenance, and project documentation
Improvement of technical process workflows for virtualization products

Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

3 months

VMWare Consultant

Fujitsu TDS AG

Creating scripts for automation and analysis
Server setup
Technical application installation
Performing basic configurations
Internal delivery management
Creating migration concepts
Customer interaction
Maintenance of IT systems and infrastructure solutions, as well as troubleshooting system issues
Analysis of project-specific customer requirements

Oct 2011 - Sep 2012

1 year

Technical Project Manager

Fujitsu TDS AG

Writing scripts with PowerShell (PowerCLI) for automated incident tracking for compliance checks, snapshot monitoring, and storage status
Creating compliance and GxP documentation
Technical implementation and planning, including time estimation and identification of reusable components
Configuration of server systems based on Windows 2003, 2008, SLES 11 SP1

May 2008 - Sep 2011

3 years 5 months

IT-Consultant / IT-Professional

Lidl Stiftung & Co KG

System administration of Linux servers (SLES10, SLES11, Ubuntu Server, Debian, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora)
Standardizing Linux environments by migrating other distributions to SLES11
Connecting the SLES servers to the company AD, including setting permissions with sudo
Setting up and managing Novell SMT servers
Building a network installation based on AutoYast for the SLES servers
Creating application RPMs and integrating them into a global Lidl repository
Migrating media servers (NetBackup 7.1) from MS2k8 to SLES11SP1
Administration of the production VMware farm
Building and expanding the Lidl Test Center with VMware ESX
Setting up a VMware Lab Manager for the Lidl Test Center
Creating Lab Manager templates in fenced and unfenced environments
Creating and managing VMware templates
Configuring Nagios monitoring for the VMware servers
2nd and 3rd level support for Linux and VMware servers
Scripting complex tasks to manage vSphere / vCenter with vMA

Jul 2007 - Apr 2008

10 months

Linux System Administration

Lidl Stiftung & Co KG

Setup and expansion of the Lidl TestCenter with VMware ESX
Administration of the Lidl BackOffice servers with SuSE 7.3
Setup of a terminal server for third-party companies to support Lidl BackOffice systems
Expansion of a terminal server for internationalization with multiple languages

Nov 2001 - Jun 2007

5 years 8 months

Linux System Administration

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

System administration of RHEL servers
Setup and expansion of calculation and application clusters based on NetBoot, later extended to NetInstall
Integration of cluster configurations into a Sybase DB for management and modification
Administration of Tomcat, JBoss and Apache servers
Administration of Sybase, Oracle, Informix, MySQL and PostgreSQL servers
Creation of application RPM frameworks for simplified application updates on RHEL and Solaris
Setup and administration of RHN Satellite servers for RHEL updates and application upgrades
Setup of NTP, LDAP, Sendmail, NFS, DHCP servers
2nd and 3rd level support for Linux and VMware servers
Administration of OmniOrb and TibCo Rendezvous
Performance monitoring with Ganglia via multicast protocol

Oct 2001 - Oct 2001

1 month

Linux System Administration

Remote

Administration of Apache, Squid and mail servers
File server based on Samba for a small business network

Jul 2001 - Sep 2001

3 months

System Administration

KIMAG Nürnberg

Setup of a W2K network installation
Administration of Apache web servers as cluster systems
Administration of DNS and DHCP servers
Administration of MySQL server with replication mechanisms

Summary

Automation Engineer with many years of experience in virtualization, system administration, automation, architecture, cloud management, networking, technical support, project planning, and execution. Experienced with VMware and Linux-based operating systems, networking, and TCP/IP. Quick learner, even with extensive and complex infrastructures.

Skills

Vmware Vsphere Esxi; Vmware Aria; Vmotion; Ha; Drs; Vrm; Srm; Vmware Converter
Vrealize Automation 8; Sddc; Vrealize Lifecycle Manager; Vcac; Vrealize Orchestrator; Vrealize Log Insight; Vrealize Operations
Powercli; Events And Alarms; Vm Snapshots; Iaas Setup
Gitlab; Devops; Terraform; Ansible Awx; Itsm
Networking; Backup; Virtualization
Hardware: Hp; Dell (Vxrail)
Vmware Administration Esxi
Operating Systems: Redhat Linux; Suse; Debian; Ubuntu; Windows
Aria Automation And Orchestration; Bash; Javascript; Php; Ansible
Vsphere And Other Vmware Products
Databases: Mysql; Oracle; Mssql
Storage: San; Iscsi; Nfs
Itil-essentials; Sox; Gxp

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Polish

Elementary

Education

Oct 1990 - Jun 1994

Berliner Pilsener GmbH / Elektromontage Berlin GmbH

Apprenticeship as an electrician · Berlin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

VMware Aria Automation Professional

Profile

Created

September 2025

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Where is Christian based?

Christian is based in Buchen, Germany.

What languages does Christian speak?

Christian speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Polish (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Christian have?

Christian has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Christian has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 16 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months. Note that Christian may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Christian be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Christian would be well-suited for roles such as: VMware Aria Specialist, VMware vRealize Specialist, VMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist.

What is Christian's latest experience?

Christian's most recent position is VMware Aria Specialist at public authority.

What companies has Christian worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Christian has worked for public authority, telecommunications company, BWI GmbH, EnBW, and 4Group.

Which industries is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Retail, and Banking and Finance. Christian also has some experience in Government and Public Administration, Telecommunication, and Energy.

Which business areas is Christian most experienced in?

Christian is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Operations. Christian also has some experience in Project Management.

Which industries has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Government and Public Administration, and Energy.

Which business areas has Christian worked in recently?

Christian has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Operations, and Quality Assurance (QA).

What is Christian's education?

Christian attended Berliner Pilsener GmbH / Elektromontage Berlin GmbH for Apprenticeship as an electrician.

Does Christian have any certificates?

Christian has 1 certificate: VMware Aria Automation Professional.

What is the availability of Christian?

Christian is immediately available for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Christian?

Christian's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.